XI 

 DECORATIVE WINDMILLS 



HOW THEY MAY BE MADE TO GIVE DISTINC- 

 TIVE CHARACTER TO SUBURBAN PLACES, 

 AND HOW SATISFACTORY TANKS 

 MAY BE BUILT 



A PRACTICAL knowledge of tank requirements, and 

 a good fund of ingenuity in changing the usual tall 

 and unsightly windmill into a picturesque structure, 

 are important adjuncts in the decoration of the home 

 grounds. It is true that the windmill has fallen into 

 disfavor in many sections where other forms of sup- 

 plying water have been installed; but it sometimes 

 happens that the windmill erected for the purpose of 

 pumping water from an artesian well is found to be 

 the best possible means of insuring a dependable 

 supply of fresh, pure water to all parts of the house 

 and outbuildings. 



Where the windmill is a necessity, it is wise to 

 turn it into an object of decorative value instead of 

 deploring its ungainly appearance. Quaint devices 

 for utilizing the different portions of the structure 

 offer some interesting studies, and convince us that 

 utility alone does not suffice in the planning of the 

 "garden beautiful." 



The roomy enclosure at the base of the tall sup- 



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